First Name | Maria |
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Last Name | Gutierrez |
Email Address | mgutie2381@icloud.com |
Affiliation | Integrative Community and Business Solut |
Subject | AB 617 |
Comment | My name is Maria Gutierrez a community organizer and advocate and I support the position of the Sacramento Environmental Justice Coalition that AB617 in South Sacramento was a major disappointment due to following issues: 1. Lack of transparency and commitment to the law. AB617 is intended to address non-mobile pollutions sources. The local AB617 committee and Sacramento AQMD deliberately avoided major areas of concern to local BIPOC and low-income communities by creating boundaries and geographic restrictions to exclude high impacted areas (See Map). 2. $23 Million has been with AB617 spent and it has had no impact on the most polluted neighborhoods intentionally excluded from the process. 3. We ask that CARB establish higher standards for local Air Quality Management Districts to have a robust, inclusive and broad based process to implement AB617 according to the law. 4. The number of committee representatives on AB617 cannot be arbitrarily restrictive. The Sac-EJC.org is the largest EJ organization in Sacramento and after several attempts to join, BIPOC EJ leaders were not selected to be on the board. 5. There has to be an accounting of how the funds are used with strong evidence that marginalized communities in EJ zones directly benefit significantly through transformative health outcomes and cleaner industry practices. Health Program Evaluators must be included in the process. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2023-10-26 15:59:50 |
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